Last week in this space I offered the opinion that the Tampa Republicans had gotten carried away with the “you didn’t build that” rhetoric and moved President Obama’s words from this summer well beyond his original meaning. This past week was the Democrats’ chance to respond. And as is the case, in American politics, they responded not with truth, but with wild exaggerations of their own... More

The polls in the presidential election have been kind to President Obama lately, with him widening his lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in some key battleground states. But the undercurrent a little less rosy for the president, and with five defining events still left in the campaign—both conventions and all three presidential debates—it’s undercurrent that’s most important. The... More